Bloodaxe (Blodoks):
"King of Norway 942-47, the last Scandinavian King of York from 948. He succeeded to Norway on the abdication of his father, Harold Finchair. . . The nickname Bloodaxe was applied after his death." (Bradbury. The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare: 34)
the Brother-killer (Lat. Fratris Interfector): "Harald's kingdom was not sufficient to provide much of an inheritance for so many sons, and Eric secured the succession for himself by gradually murdering all of his brothers in turn. It was probably this that earned him his nickname. While the sagas call him 'Bloodaxe', one of the Latin texts calls him fratris interfector (brother-killer), so it seems likely that 'blood' in this context refers to family, just as today we refer to 'blood relations' as distinct from relations by marriage or adoption." (Williams. Eric Bloodaxe @BBC)
the Priest-Hater:
"Erik, eldest son of the Law Reformer, succeeded to the crown at an early age of thirteen. The Archbishop of Trondheim extorted from him, at his coronation, an oath that he would maintain and even amplify all the existing privileges of the Church, so as to render it completely independent of the secular authority. . . The advisers of the youthful monarch protested in his name against this innovation. . . The archbishop . . . excommunicated the royal counsellors, while Erik, in retaliation, banished the refractory primate, who immediately departed for Rome, to plead his cause before the pope. . . [The archbishop] died in Sweden on his return, and was adored by the multitude . . . as a saint, while they conferred on his royal antagonist the opprobrious epithet of the Priest-hater. . . ." (Crichton & Wheaton: 288)
"The king, who was yet a mere boy, was neutral in this struggle [between the nobles and the clergy]. If the decision had rested with him, he would probably have continued his father's policy of concession, and the epithet 'Priest-Hater,' which has been attached to his name, is therefore undeserved." (Boyesen: 452)
"The king, who was yet a mere boy, was neutral in this struggle [between the nobles and the clergy]. If the decision had rested with him, he would probably have continued his father's policy of concession, and the epithet 'Priest-Hater,' which has been attached to his name, is therefore undeserved." (Boyesen: 452)
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| Eric V of Denmark @Wikipedia |
Clipped Coin (Dan. Clipping, Glipping, Klipping): "Eric became known as 'Clipped Coin' because he 'short-changed' his people, and he was eventually forced to sign a charter limiting his authority in 1282. . . ." (Clash of Thrones: The Power-Crazed Medieval Kings, Popes and Emperors of Europe)
Erik Segersall
the Haughty
the Victorious: Eric (VI) of Sweden, the Victorious, was a winner in that, when he died in 995, he is said to have also conquered and ruled Denmark for a time, though the Danes do not agree with the claim. He did win a great battle against a rebel nephew, Beorn the Strident-and-Strong (Styrbjörn Starke), on the Fyris Fields near Upsala.
the Pagan:
the Lawgiver:
the Law-mender:
the Saint:
--" . . . Erik, who after his death gained for himself the title of 'Saint,' worked hard during his short reign of five years to improve the state of the country. There were three things, the old sagas tell us, which King Erik the Saint laid to heart, and these were:--'To build churches and to improve the services of religion, to rule his people according to law and right, and to overpower the enemies of his faith and realm.' =He was known in history not only as the Saint, but also as Erik 'Lag-gifware,' or the Law-giver, and is said to have won the love and grateful respect of all women of Sweden by the laws which he passed to secure to them many rights. . . ." (Otte: 146)
--"Amongst Sweden's fourteen Erics . . . she possesses in the ninth of the list an Eric the Pious. The ninth Eric of Sweden, like the ninth Louis of France, also bore the title of Saint. It was originally given to him by a really popular and national canonisation. He was in church, either on the 11th or the 18th of May 1151, when news was brought to him that Magnus of Denmark had landed on the coast and was marching against him. He said calmly: 'Let us at least finish the sacrifice: the rest of the festival' [it was Ascension-tide] 'I shall keep elsewhere.' When the mass was ended, he went forth at the head of his guards; and after a brave defence, was slain, the hagiographers say, by the pagans. He came to be regarded as the ideal good king in Sweden; he had compiled a code of laws from the ancient constitutions of the nation, and 'St. Eric's Law' was long spoken of in Sweden with that kind of reverence with which the laws of St. Edward (the Confessor) were regarded by the English people under the rule of the foreign Normans. . . ." (Chambers and Chambers, Vol. 50: 535):
the Survivor (Swe. som överlevde): " . . . Also known as Eric the Survivor (Swedish: "Erik som överlevde"), he was, at his accession to the throne, the only remaining son of King Canute I of Sweden and his queen. The name of his mother is not known, but may have been Cecilia." (Wikipedia)
the Halt (Swe. Laespe): " . . . [A]s soon as her husband Erik died, she (Rikissa) returned to Denmark, taking with her her little son Erik, called 'Laespe,' or the Halt. This prince was raised to the throne in 1222 on the death of the last of the Sverker race, Johan Sverkersson, and his reign lasted till 1250s, when the Bondar line of kings died out with him. He had not been suffered to rule in peace, and more than once this last of the Bondar kings had to flee from his kingdom and take refuge in his mother's kinsmen in Denmark. . . ." (Otte: 149)
the Lame
the Lisp and Lame
the Lisping
the Stuttering and Lame
the Pomeranian:
Eric Birgersson of Sweden (1250-?)
Eric Birgersson of Sweden (1250-?)
Allsintet (Nothing of Anything)
" . . . The second brother, Erik, had no special privileges. According to Magnuss saga and Erikskronikan he therefore acquired the name 'Allsintet' ('Nothing of anything'), a nickname coined by Queen Sofie, if Erikskronikan is to be believed. After a visit to Denmark, Erik returned to Sweden and shortly afterwards left for Norway, where in 1273 he met with Johan Filipsson and King Magnus 'Lagabøter' of Norway in Sarpsborg." (Line: 131)
Weather-hat
Erich of Schleswig (1272–1310)
Erich of Schleswig (1272–1310)
Duke of Langeland
the Long Bone
Eric Sejr
the Victor
Duke of Schleswig
the Long Legs, the Long-Legged
Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
the Young, the Younger
Erik Torvaldsson (950-1002)
Erik the Red: " . . . His nickname is said to derive from the colour of his hair. . . ." (Bradbury. The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare: 34)
the Evergood:
the Good:
" . . . Prince Erik, who had made his escape from the church of St. Alban in Odense, when his brother King Knud was murdered, was chosen by the people to succeed Olaf. Good seasons came back with the beginning of his reign, and therefore his subjects looked upon him with feelings of love and respect. His great beauty, which gained for him the name of Ejegod, or 'good for the eyes,' made him a special favourite among the Danes, who felt proud of their tall handsome king. Erik had the blue eyes and long, flowing light hair, which were praised in the folk-lore of the North as having always belonged to the noblest of the vikingar of old. . . ." (Otte: 98)
Emune
the Memorable
the Lamb: " . . . His mild and gentle rule . . . gave him the surname of the Lamb. . . ." (Crichton & Wheaton: 204)
Ploughpenny: " . . . [H]e brought ill-will upon himself amongst the people by going to war with the pagans in Estonia, and levying a tax to meet the expenses which gained for him the nickname of 'Plov-peng'---plough-money---because it was laid upon the peasants in according with the number of ploughs that each man used on his hand." (Otte: 123)
Klipping, Glipping, Clipping
the One Who Blinks
Eric V of Denmark’s nickname ”Klipping” or ”Glipping” refers to a medieval coin that has become ”clipped” (a "clipped penny") or cut in order to indicate devaluation. A former popular explanation - that Eric blinked more than usual (Danish “glippe”) – is now generally rejected. The nickname is an unkind reference to his lack of trustworthiness. He "short-changed" his people and the monarchy.
Erik Torvaldsson.
the Red: : " . . . His nickname is said to derive from the colour of his hair. . . ." (The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare: 32)
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